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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/skey-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Etymology

From *sek- (“to cut”).

Root

*skey-

  1. to split, to dissect

Derived terms
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  • *skey-d- (extended root)
  • *skey-ti (root present)
  • *ski-yé-ti (yé-present)
    • Italic: *skijō
  • *skéh₂ih₂

Extended form *skey-t-.

  • *skey-to-s
    • Balto-Slavic:
      • Slavic: *ščítъ (“shield”)[1] (see there for further descendants)
    • Celtic: *skētos
      • Old Irish: scíath (“shield”) (see there for further descendants)
      • Welsh: ysgwyd (“shield”)
  • *skoyt-
    • Germanic: (possibly) *skaiþaną (see there for further descendants)
  • *skoy-to-m
    • Latin: scūtum (“shield”) (possibly)

References
  1. Derksen, Rick (2008), “*ščítъ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
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